Ph.D. Karolina Elżbieciak-Piecka

Karolina Elzbieciak-Piecka received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research PAS in 2021. Her doctoral thesis was carried out within the framework of the FNP First Team - POIR.04.04.00-00-2436/16 project. It concerned the influence of crystal field strength on the relative sensitivity of luminescent thermometers doped with Cr3+ ions. As part of her research, she developed a strategy to design sensitive luminescent thermometers based on Cr3+ and Nd3+ ion emission. In 2020, she received funding from the National Science Center for the PRELUDIUM 18 2019/35/N/ST5/00553 project. Last year she was awarded the Scholarship of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for outstanding achievements and the START 2021 scholarship of the Foundation for Polish Science. 

Her scientific interests include luminescent thermometers, rare and transition metal ions doped luminescent nanoparticles.